I remember them being above mid table but after they beat Tottenham theyre now fourth and only 2 points off the top of the league. That means that if they didn’t lose to Nottingham forest or Everton they would be first. Ik they really haven’t had difficult match ups but it’s still very impressive.

    • improve-me-coder@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      This, if he would have got the same amount of spending money and scouting at Arsenal, he may not be fired back then.

      • inonjoey@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        To an extent, this is true. Raul Sanllehi basically just got players he liked, not players that Emery wanted/needed. That said, Arsenal were an absolute mess on the pitch with Emery, even in his first year when we just missed out in Champions League. Emery was constantly changing formation and tactics to the point where the players clearly didn’t know what was going on. Combine that with the plan going forward appearing to be little more than get down the wings for crosses and cutbacks and the plan without the ball being crazy high line with little pressure on the ball and things were a proper mess. There still appears to be some of this in how his team’s play, as seen in the first half of this game where Spurs were constantly getting in behind (a fair number were offsides, but there were also some very good chances).

        Still, happy with Emery doing well and it’s cool to see what a squad built to his needs can do in the EPL. Also, they knocked Spurs back, so that’s cool.

          • inonjoey@alien.topBEnglish
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            10 months ago

            Yes, yes I do. I hope he learned how to handle players a bit better after his time at PSG and Arsenal. He seemed to constantly undermine his own authority with us.

      • PandiBong@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        „May” is doing a lot of work there. It’s easy to forget just how bad arsenal looked under Emery.

        Yes Raul was a big problem but the players basically downed tools at one point. Didn’t we let Watford have like 40+ shots at us in one late Emery-era game?

    • jrhunter89@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Emery wasn’t given the time or transfers he wanted at Arsenal. He’s a great manager, his former players have said that. I’m pleased for him